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Phrasal Verbs

7 To make somewhere tidy by removing things (e.g. plates and food from a
table, toys from a floor]
8 To continue to do something

9 To get out of bed
10 To return
11 To not be in bed late at night, after bedtime
12 To not spend some of your money, but to put it away or in a bank.

13 To leave the house/hotel to go somewhere, usually for pleasure.

14 To sleep late in the morning.

15 To telephone someone

100 Phrasal verbs that don't take an object

The car broke down on the way to hospital and we had to call for
an ambulance.

Please hurry up! We're going to miss the train.
Look out! There's a car coming.

• Like other verbs, some phrasal verbs take an object:
Can you pick up that bag?
verb object
And some phrasal verbs do not take an object:

We 're setting off (no object) at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
verb
• Examples of phrasal verbs that don't take an object:
to break down = to stop working (when talking about machinery)
to hurry up = to move, go, do something faster
to look oat = to take care

Practice

Complete the sentences, using the phrasal verbs in the box. Put the verbs into
the correct tense and form.

get up break down set off sleep in stay in
speak up go back hurry up go out look out

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